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Parent: Motiva Enterprises · EPA RMP facility · Port Arthur, TX
Port Arthur Refinery is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 5 reportable chemical accident(s) on record. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Evacuated | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-19 | Gas release, Spill | 0 | 0 | 0 | Human error, Overpressurization |
| 2002-07-24 | Spill, Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | Equipment failure, Improper procedure |
| 2001-10-26 | Explosion | 0 | 0 | 0 | Equipment failure, Improper procedure |
| 2001-06-06 | Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | Equipment failure |
| 1999-11-19 | Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | Equipment failure |
The EPA Risk Management Program (Clean Air Act §112(r)) requires facilities with large quantities of hazardous chemicals to file Risk Management Plans, including a 5-year accident history. EPA keeps this statutorily-public data available only via FOIA / reading rooms; this page mirrors the FOIA'd dataset (institution-level only — no personal contact information).
Source: EPA RMP (FOIA mirror via the Data Liberation Project). License: CC0 1.0.